Hollywood Finds Havasu!!!

Yes it's true... they are making a movie in our little town of Lake Havasu, Arizona!!! Please ignore the subject matter of Killer Prehistoric Piranha unearthed after a small 'quake' shakes the ground and releases the killer fish who happen to be the size of the average School Bus!!! WOW...my thoughts at this very moment are ...this will be great for our tourist season which is just beginning... the mere thought of killer fish in our lake should make all the boaters jump for joy... I mean...look what happened to the east coast tourist areas...or oceans in general after Jaws!! HOPEFULLY people will understand that this is just a bit of Hollywood at it's best and that there is no such thing as Prehistoric School Bus Sized Killer Fish out there ready to eat small town inhabitants!!!

Actually the whole thing is rather exciting...they will be filming here through June. They have built a 'tank' to hold over a million gallons of water for the 'really scary' parts of the movie...hired dozens of 'teens' and 'twenty something' extras around town to appear in the background...and also to scream and freak out.... I thought for one brief minute could I pull off 'acting young' and strutting around chewing gum and twirling my hair...but alas I saw that they wanted these teens and 20's to wear tight fitting mini skirts and heels... After I laughed myself silly... the casting call was just a distant memory.... wonder if they have a part for the 'colorful town character' the bag lady with a heart, all disheveled and liquored up on Ripple... who is the first to discover the menacing 'fishies' , but before warning anyone 'mysteriously disappears' with a parting shot of her pull cart...upside down ...wet.... one wheel spinning slowly...fade to black!!!!...cut...and that's a wrap!

Actually we have had 2 other movies shot here...all very forgettable ...but this one might actually be pretty cool. They changed the name of our town (to protect the innocent!) and are calling it Lake Victoria. I think the release date is summer next year.

So if I tell you sometime this summer that Richard and I are going out for a little morning paddle on the Lake in our Kayaks.... and I don't 'blog' for a while after that...

You will know that something that was 'lurking' in the depths of Lake Havasu.... awakened.... and HUNGRY!!!!! (insert scream here) ....

Have a Great Weekend Everyone....and watch that water!!!

Jodi

P.S. I should add...I played around with the 'Original' movie poster (yes, this movie is a remake) adding all the silly wording etc... didn't want you to think this was really how they were doing the movie poster...